How this works:
Basically what I do, is to take the points a team has managed till now, divide it by the games played, then multiply it by 82. That should accurately project what the team should finish like, unless there is an extreme streak one way or the other. I will no longer be including the points per game column because lets face it, you don’t care how many points per game!
| Current Rank |
Team | Games Played | Points | Projected Final Points |
Projected Rank |
| 6 | Tampa Bay | 69 | 80 | 96 | 6 |
| 7 | NY Islanders | 67 | 76 | 94 | 7 |
| 8 | NY Rangers | 67 | 73 | 90 | 8 |
| 9 | Carolina | 68 | 73 | 89 | 9 |
| 10 | Toronto | 68 | 73 | 89 | 10 |
| 11 | Montreal | 69 | 72 | 86 | 11 |
| 12 | Boston | 67 | 69 | 85 | 12 |
As you can see,according to tonights calculations, I project the Rangers as MAKING the playoffs. Therefore using these numbers we can project what the Rangers would have to go over the remaining 15 games in order to secure the projected 90 points needed to secure the final playoff spot:
8-6-1
7-5-3
6-4-5
5-3-7
4-2-9
3-1-11
2-0-13
-Inferno